Dozens of men, women, and children toil on a large, dusty construction site to produce thousands of bricks—all by hand. A centuries-old process of shaping, cutting, and firing clay—from wet to dry and from brown to red—is revealed in stunning beauty in this short film. Wagons full of bricks are transported day and night, in blazing sun and refreshing rain.
The starting point is an excerpt from the Albanian feature film "Qyteti me i ri ne bote" (Xhanfise Keko 1974, EN: "The Youngest City in the World"), in which a boy dreams of a modern city where progress and change are represented by construction and sealing. The film revolves around the historical and current transformation processes of urban space and reflects on the power of images, historical and contemporary utopias, and their interplay with architecture. An essay on new and contemporary utopias and their interplay with architecture. The film revolves around the historical and current processes of transformation in urban space and reflects on the power of images, historical and contemporary utopias, and their interplay with architecture. An essay on new and old regimes, power, propaganda, and the accessibility of public space.
The camera follows movements that we cannot initially identify. Then we realize that we are observing workers on a flower farm and their daily work routines. From now on, we will no longer perceive red roses solely as a symbol of love.
With eyes hindered by a minor issue, Li, a perpetually weary and detached young woman, embarks on a trip that seems mundane yet is filled with delicate, unforeseen moments…
Once upon a time, there was a village that had fallen into the dustbin of history, located in the French sector of West Berlin. I grew up in this community of military and civilian expatriates during the Cold War. Today, I return to Berlin in search of traces of that bygone life. My subjective memories and official history intertwine in this city undergoing constant reconstruction.
Isolated in the confines of her home, Lou tries to shed the skin of her past relationship. But when she is confronted by an unknown voice that challenges her memory, her sense of self begins to unravel.
BUNKER TIME! is a nuclear nightmare years in the making: In the early 60s - the height of the Cold War - TV personality 'Auntie Pearle' wrote, directed and starred in a public-access show that aimed to prepare children for the nuclear apocalypse. Deemed too disturbing to air, the show was buried for years; only now, in even MORE disturbing times, is Bunker Time! fit to be unleashed on the public.
Two women - a young doctor and the wife of a former prime minister, are trying to escape the grip of the American government and European diplomats, who are playing their game of power and torture in a small country in Eastern Europe.
Xiao Lan, weighed down by depression rooted in family pain, struggles between escape and entrapment. A dark cloud follows her—yet she clings to the hope of finding a way out.
A story passed down from teacher to student. During the Cultural Revolution, a small flaw in a leader's portrait led to denunciation and prison. This hand-drawn, single-shot animation gently revisits the quiet tragedy of an artist who lost his youth to a moment of imperfection.
Bayaraa, a weather-worn muralist who once tasted glory in Europe, returns to Mongolia with only a box of paints, a rooftop tent, and his loyal stray dog. Each day he descends the wall of an abandoned factory, covering its crumbling concrete with sweeping murals of mythic Mongolian landscapes. Watching him is a sardonic balloon, at once conscience, companion, and a stroke of fable. When officials announce the factory will soon be demolished, Bayaraa becomes determined to leave behind his masterpiece. Yet the deeper battle lies within: the long-buried wound of the wife and daughter he abandoned for art.